I started stitching this heart at the hotel on the 15th of may (the day before participating at the fair in Guerting) and finished it on the 25th of may.

So two hearts in twelve days with a fair in the middle, I'm pretty happy with my pace, that's problably why my arm has been hurting for a while now, I think I have a "cross stitch elbow", don't know if the doctor will take that in consideration!!

I had already stitched this grid and had made an article on april 8th 2007, I decided to stitch it again. I stitched it during the fair in Angers, their were so few people interested in my work that I kept busy that way!

This is my new collection of hearts, I stitch this four hearts in 12 days (from may 2nd to may 13th). I am not yet decided on the name, hesitation between "Coeurs Aubance" (which is a name of a river) or "Coeurs Hiver" meaning "winter hearts", I already have "Coeur Patch" (for the word patchwork) and " Coeurs Flocons" (meaning Snowflake).

This is the result I want to get by stitching some word on linen, I then glue the pieces on little linen frames (the ones made for painters). I have a few more words to stitch, then by putting them side by side you can decorate a child's room, a kitchen...

Several possibilities exist:- stitch directly on the linen the names of the family members,- stitch on a separate linen the names of the family members and attach them on the tree (with buttons, pegs...),- hand write the names on cardboard and attach them on the tree (with buttons, pegs...).

I have a sampler amongst the projects, because of its big size I am using a frame, and to hold the frame I have a system blocked under my lap, I can therefore use my two hands (one on top and one under) I thinks it makes me stitch faster!

Its is by stitching my grids that I can see the modifications that need to be made, because on the computer screen it might seem nice but once I start stitching I might notice that a swirl is not as nice as expected or that I either need to add or remove a stitch.

Here are my new projects, I wanted to do a new home made book with the same ideas as "Petits Carrés" (little squares), the book is not only full of grids, but also with the explanations of how to make the different projects (click on the links to view some of them).

So for my new project, I wrote a list of ideas that I wanted to make, turns out I have enough ideas to make three books, I therefore split my list out into three.